Separable hose connecter



Nov. 5, 1929. E. J. ASHLEY 1,734,757

SEPARABLE HOSE CONNECTER Filed Jan. 14, 192.8

Patented Nov. 5, r 1929 UNITED ENOCH J. ASHLEY, OF WATER/BURY,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO STEELEKF, JOHNSON MFG. CO., OF WATERBURY,CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION SEPARABLE HOSE CONNECTER Application medJanuary 14, 1928. Seria1 No. 246,702.

This invention relates to improvement in separable hose-connecters andparticularly to separable connecters for coupling the hose or tubing ofdevices, such as washing-machines, dish-washing and other sprays, to

7 threads for engagement with a clampingmember, and a plurality ofsubstantiallyradial clamping-screws for securing it to the end ofthesaid faucet; a hose-fitting comprising a tubular shank and asealing-flange;

a clamping-member having a bore for the clearance of the said tubularshank, a seat for the said sealing-flange, and screw-threads forengagement with the threads upon the said faucet-fixture; and aresilient washer in- 3 terposed between the inner face of thesealing-flange of the said hose-fitting and the outer end of thesaid'faucet; whereby, when the said clamping-member is screwed upon thesaid faucet-member, the said resilient washer will be compressed betweenthe outer end of the faucet and the inner face of the sealing-flange ofthe said hose-fitting.

My invention further consists in a separable hose-connectercharacterized as above and 1 having certain other details ofconstruction and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafterdescribedand particularly recited in the claims.-

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a faucet provided with my improvedseparable hose-connecter; V

Fig. 2 is a broken verticalcentral section thereof;

Fig. 3 is a broken view in elevation corresponding to Fig. 1, butshowing the hose-fitting and clamping-member detached from thefaucet-member; 1

Fig. 4: is a detached top or plan View of the faucet-member of myimproved separable hose-connecter;

Fig. 5 is aview thereof, partly in side elevation and partly in verticalsection;

Fig. 6 is a detached top or plan view of the hose-fitting of my improvedseparable connector; r

Fig. 7 is a view thereof in side elevation;

Fig. 8 is a detached top or plan View of the clamping-member of myimproved separable hose-connecter Fig. 9 is a View thereof, partly inside elevation and partly in vertical section; and t Fig. 10 is adetached perspective view of the resilient washer.

In carryingout my inventionv as herein shown, I employ a sleeve-likefaucet-fixture 15 provided near its upper end with three equidistantradially-arranged threaded holes 16 for the reception of an equal numberof clamping screws 17, by means of which it which serves to prevent theoutward displacement of a resilient washer 24 of rubber, fiber,

or other suitable yielding material.

' sults in the production of a guard-shoulder 23 Seated against theunder-face of thewasher 24 above mentioned is the washer-likesealing-flange 25 of a hose-fitting, which also comprises acentrally-depending tubular shank 26. The said shank 26 is attached tothe sealing flange 25 by spinning its inner end 27 over the inner facethereof, so as to crowd the outer face of the said sealing-flangeagainst an outwardly-spun shoulder 28 formed upon the said shank in suchmanner that the same forms a unitary structure with the flange 25aforesaid. A hose 29 is sleeved over the tubular shank 26 of thehose-fitting for the purpose of conducting the water from the 1 end thesaid clamping-member is provided with a laterally-extending annular bead35, the external periphery of which iskn-url-ed, as shown, to facilitateits being screwed in place within the lower end of the faucetmixture bythe fingers of the user.

As thus constructed and arranged, the faucet-fixture of my improvedseparable hoseconnector is adapted: to be firmly secured to faucets ofwidely-varying types and sizes by means of the radialv screws 17, thediameter of the upper-end bore 21 in the said fixture being designed toaccommodate the largest size faucet-spout commonly in use, and theradial screws 17 being relied upon to extend inward sufiiciently toengage the said spout, whether the same be round, oval, or of otherform.

" When it is desired to disconnect the hose 29from the faucet, it isonlynecessary to unscrew the clamping-rnember 33 from the threads" 22 of.the faucet-fixture 15, whereby the said clamping member, together withthe hose andhose-fitting, may be removed as a unit, leaving thefaucetliXture in place upon the faucet, as'shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings,

. the guard-shoulder 23 of the faucet-fixture at this time acting toprevent the withdrawal of the resilient washer; 2% from thefaucetfixture. It will be noted that, owing tothe fact that the end ofthe hose 29 is larger in diameter than the diameter of the clearancepassage 31 in the clamping-member 33, the said clampingrmeniber will beprevented from sliding inward upon the said hose, so

that it normally remains in proper place ready for convenient couplingwith, the faucet-fixture.

'- It will be noted that when the hose-fitting and clamping-member areassembled with the faucet-fixture and the former firmly screwed into thelatter, the inner faoe of the sealingflange 25 of the hose-fitting willbe forced against the outer face ofthe resilient washer 24, which, inturn, will have its inner-face forced against the lower end of the spout18 of the faucet 19, sothat leakage between the lower end of the saidspout and the washer and the inner face of the said flangeanembzeri 25and the outer face of the said washer will be effectively prevented. 1

I claim 1, 1. As a new article of manufacture a sep specificatiom forattaching the said faucet-fixture to the end of a faucet'ra hose-fittingcomprising a tubular hose-receiving shank and a sealingflange at theupper end thereof; an inverted cup-shaped externally-threaded clamping-Inemberadapted to be screwed within the said faucet-fixture and havingits end-wall formed with :a: centering passage for the passage of thetubular shank of the said hosefitting, and. providing a seat upon itsinner face for said sealing flange; a resilientv washer interposedbetween the inner face of the sealing-flange of the said hose-fittingand the outer end of the said'fau'cet; and a hose sleeved over the saidhose-receiving shank and having its end: extended upward intothe saidinverted cup-shaped clamping-member in position to engage the outer faceof the end vall thereof to limit its axialdisplacelnent; whereby, whenthe said clamping member is unscrewed from the said faucetiixture, thesaid resilient washer will be positively retained on the shoulder in thelatter and the saidclamping-member will be pre vented from slidinginward over the hose by the engagement of the end of the latter with theend-wall of the cup-shaped clampingmember.

2. As a new article: of manufacture a separable hOse-cOnnectercomprising a faucet:- finture provided with means for attaching to itthe terminal of a faucet and formed with an axial bore having anupwardly facing washer-retaining shoulder therein; screw threads formedupon'the saidfaucet-fixture for inter-engagement with the threadedportion of a clamping-member; a packingwasher resting upon the upwardlyfacing shoulder .fixtulre to force the said packing-washer against theend of a faucet; wherebythe said packing-washer is retained in place inthe said faucet-fixture in line with the faucet when thesaidclalnping-member is unscrewed therefrom. c v

In testimony whereof, I have-signed this ENooH J. ASHLEY. I

